Single Mom Of 3 Graduates From UCLA With 3 Degrees

We salute Deanna Jordan, a single mother of three who graduated from UCLA with three degrees on Friday!

“I needed for my sons to see there was a legacy that preceded them
with college. I am the first in my family to go to college,” the
28-year-old mom told CBS News
of her accomplishment. Before graduating with two bachelor’s degrees
and a master’s in African-American Studies, she spent two years at a
local community college and three-and-a-half years at the University of
California.

The journey wasn’t easy. Jordan gave birth to three sons between the
ages of 18 and 22. “I had him and in the hospital I remember thinking,
‘I’m 22, there’s no future unless I can create one,’” she shared. “You
can’t really succeed unless you fail, and I failed a lot of times, but
it was my persistence and my willingness never to give up.”

The Compton native also found a way to give back to her community.
She founded the Compton Pipeline Taskforce, where she and UCLA
volunteers work on academics at Compton schools. “I saw the difference
in how my boys were in school in Brentwood and then how schools were in
Compton where I came from,” she said.

As for her future plans, the scholar said she plans to take a year
off before heading to law school in hopes of becoming a district
attorney.

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